Vehicle-top



(No Model) 1?. A. KORIZEK.

VEHICLE TOP.

N0. 300,089. Patented June '10, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. KORIZEK, OF MILWAUKEE, \VISOONSIN.

VEHICLE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,089, dated June 10,1884.

Application filed April 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. KORIZEK,,

of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture ofVehicle-Tops; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription thereof. a

My invention relates to vehicle'tops; and it consists in a device bywhich scale-board or veneering may be utilized in the construction ofthe same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of abuggy-top embodying myinvention. 2 is a rear view, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are details.

My improved carriage-top is made as follows: I attach to the ordinarymetallic bows of a carriage-top two side pieces, A A, formed ofscale-board, (that is, of thin veneers of wood glued together, as shownin Fig. 5,) and these side pieces are of the shape in cross-sectionshown in Fig. 3-that is, rounded or curved transversely-and each ofthese pieces is bent at right angles at the rear end, or pressed intoshape as shown in Fig. 2, so, that the curved top and side and thevertical rear part will all be integral, which can be readilyaccomplished by first steaming, and thus softening, the scale-board in'the well-known manner. When these side pieces, A A, have been thussecured in place, 1 next put the top piece, A, in position, as shown inFig. 3, so that its side edges shall rest upon and overlap the innerupper side edges of the side pieces, A A", the contiguous edges of theseveral parts being suitably fastened to each other by screws. The toppiece, A, is made of a single piece of the described scale-board bentinto the required shape.

I make the permanent curtains B B of my vehicle-top of leather orslatted cloth, and suspend them in the ordinary manner, and my rearrolling curtain, B, is made of slatted cloth, its construction beingshown in detail in Fig. 4, where I have shown wooden slats secured to asuitable flexible backing of cloth, each slat being beveled along bothits upper and lower edge, so that when the curtain is down the wholewill present a comparatively without the least difficulty.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved carriage-top made of scaleboard having side pieces andindependent top piece, whose side edges overlap the inner upper sideedges of the side pieces and are secured thereto, substantially as setforth.

2. In an improved carriage-top, the side pieces, A A, made ofscale-board, and curved in cross-section, and having vertical rear endsintegral therewith, in combination with the top piece, A, formed of asingle piece of scaleboard bent into shape, and whose side edges overlapand rest upon the inner upper side edges of the side pieces,substantially as set forth.

3. In a carriage-top, arolling curtain formed of a backing of clothhaving transverse slats secured thereto, each slat being beveled in thesame direction along both its upper and lower edge, substantially as setforth.

4. An improved carriage-top made of scaleboard, and consisting of theside pieces, A A, secured directly to the bows, and the top piece, A,resting upon and secured solely to the inner upper side edges of theside pieces, substantially as shown.

5. In an improved carriage-top, the rigid top piece, A, ofscale-board,supported solely on the underlying inner upper side edges of the sidepieces, A A, substantially as shown.

6. In a carriage-top, the rigid side pieces, A A, made of .scale-board,curved in cross-section, and having vertical rear ends integraltherewith, substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand onthis 31st day of January, 1883, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. KORIZEK.

Witnesses:

S. S. STOUT, E. G. ASMUS.

